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they used a defibrillator to perform cpr but he died at the hospital. he ran for state assembly last year and ran for congress back in 2002. he was also active in the taxpayers association. >>> boeing is waving about how the new test flight of the newest and largest passenger plane went. the newest version of the 747 is wider than a football field and six stories tall. two pilots flew the jet. the jet has a new wing design and can fly up to # thousand miles. the jet will fly more than 600 hours before it will carry passengers. he thinks it's ready now. >> it's one of the cleanest first flight airplanes of a new design that i have seen and it just went perfectly. >> it plans to put them into service by early next year. >>> san francisco company is celebrating its fifth anniversary this morning. five years ago today the first of what would become many billions of tweets was posted on twitter. since founder jack dorothy tweeted the inviting coworkers more than 175 million users have shared their ideas using 140 characters or less. they set of record of 6,
they used a defibrillator to perform cpr but he died at the hospital. he ran for state assembly last year and ran for congress back in 2002. he was also active in the taxpayers association. >>> boeing is waving about how the new test flight of the newest and largest passenger plane went. the newest version of the 747 is wider than a football field and six stories tall. two pilots flew the jet. the jet has a new wing design and can fly up to # thousand miles. the jet will fly more than...
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and another system starts to move in and tease us with clouds on friday. pam. >> thank you, steve. >>> two tear gas -- a man brought them to the station on fifth avenue a little after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. he said he found them in his father's basement. firefighters called in the bomb squad and the devices were safely detonated. firefighters say the lesson here if you find something suspicious leave it where it is and call 911. >>> some people in the south bay may soon have a new area code. the explosion of cell phones have existed the -- have exhausted the 408 area code. there is a plan to have people switch over to a 669 area code. california public utilities commission has scheduled several public hearings on the change. >>> a new policy for food trucks starts today in san francisco. take a look at this live picture. people are camped out in tents waiting to be among the first to get their hands on a permit. we will tell you why there is such a big line. >>> the reason student protestors at uc berkeley are criticizing police after a large demonstrat
and another system starts to move in and tease us with clouds on friday. pam. >> thank you, steve. >>> two tear gas -- a man brought them to the station on fifth avenue a little after 4:00 yesterday afternoon. he said he found them in his father's basement. firefighters called in the bomb squad and the devices were safely detonated. firefighters say the lesson here if you find something suspicious leave it where it is and call 911. >>> some people in the south bay may...
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. >>> and good morning, thank you for waking up with us it's friday, march 18th i'm pam cook. pretty rainy overnight. is there a storm heading our way? let's check in with steve paulson. >> we do have the leading edge of a system beginning to move in. there are bursts of moderate rain but it will pick up. right now i want to give you a look at the system. we will have moderate rain. real quick let's put this in motion. there are area where is the rain is starting to pick up a little bit especially toward san francisco and the san mateo coast marin county. for an up state of what's going on and conditions on the wind it's claudine wong. >> reporter: good morning, steve. we are over here at four point in san francisco because we know the high surf advisory is coming here today. they are crashing here this morning. sometimes it felt like it was really coming down. we are getting a little bit of a break from it this morning. as you said this is just the start of it. what we will do is keep an eye out on how things look whether it be on the roadways or ocean. certainly it will be a
. >>> and good morning, thank you for waking up with us it's friday, march 18th i'm pam cook. pretty rainy overnight. is there a storm heading our way? let's check in with steve paulson. >> we do have the leading edge of a system beginning to move in. there are bursts of moderate rain but it will pick up. right now i want to give you a look at the system. we will have moderate rain. real quick let's put this in motion. there are area where is the rain is starting to pick up a...
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jana katsuyama there live reporting for us from tokyo. thank you so much for joining us. caller: all right, pam, thanks. >>> here in the bay area a group of scientists is keeping an eye on the radiation levels in japan and assessing the potential danger to the united states. the national atmospheric release advisory operates out of the lawrence-livermore laboratory. scientists say they have not found any evidence the dangerous levels of radiation of japan would reach the united states but they are continuing to monitor wind changes and rain patterns. >>> people here in the bay area specifically worry about radiation drifting here from japan they are heading to pharmacies and driving up the price of that iodine is up supplements. it usually sells for $6 a pill now they are selling for $18 if you can find them. medical experts say ki can provide some protection against some types of radiation. the u.s. surgeon general here tell us people here do not need to worry about the fallout but she understands. >> i'm not sure there is a level of need right now in certainly the healt
jana katsuyama there live reporting for us from tokyo. thank you so much for joining us. caller: all right, pam, thanks. >>> here in the bay area a group of scientists is keeping an eye on the radiation levels in japan and assessing the potential danger to the united states. the national atmospheric release advisory operates out of the lawrence-livermore laboratory. scientists say they have not found any evidence the dangerous levels of radiation of japan would reach the united states...
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japan started using that system four years ago. analysts say that warning gives people time to get out of possibly dangerous situations or avoid going into a hazardous area seconds before the quake's strongest waves are felt. >> have elevators go to the next floor, doors open and remain open. stop people from entering say bridges that you think are at risk like the bay bridge right now. >> the federal government has invested $15 million in an early warning system for california, but seismologists need another $80 million and five years to make it operational. >>> two wireless companies are helping people stay in touch with family and friends in japan. at&t is offering customers free phone calls and text messages from last friday through the end of this month. residential land line customers are limited to a total of 60 minutes of free calls. and verizon is promising free calls to all customers through april 10th. verizon is not limiting the amount of time customers can talk. >>> santa cruz harbor remains closed to boat traffic at l
japan started using that system four years ago. analysts say that warning gives people time to get out of possibly dangerous situations or avoid going into a hazardous area seconds before the quake's strongest waves are felt. >> have elevators go to the next floor, doors open and remain open. stop people from entering say bridges that you think are at risk like the bay bridge right now. >> the federal government has invested $15 million in an early warning system for california, but...
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john with chp thanks for joining us this morning. i understand that chp cars were involved in trying to block these lanes. >> yeah. we got a call about 1:45 when we responded out here number one and two lane were blocked starting to get flooded. there's three drains involved. we were able to clear two to alleviate some flooding but the major is still clogged which kept one and two flooded after running some traffic breaks we took the number one and two lane with the patrol vehicles and contacted cal trans to respond. they are now in the process of closing down the one and two lane with cone, sign trucks until they can fix the major drain. it's got unknown debris in it, asphalt, rock, that's causing the back up. probably going to be a closure until they figure it out. >> reporter: we don't know if it will interfere with the commute. this is the countercommute direction. is it going to effect the northbound commute? >> it probably will especially with cal trans here and all the lights and activity taking place. probably going to have s
john with chp thanks for joining us this morning. i understand that chp cars were involved in trying to block these lanes. >> yeah. we got a call about 1:45 when we responded out here number one and two lane were blocked starting to get flooded. there's three drains involved. we were able to clear two to alleviate some flooding but the major is still clogged which kept one and two flooded after running some traffic breaks we took the number one and two lane with the patrol vehicles and...